Garment-clasp.



No. 703,526. Patented my 1,1902.

, H. s. Baswmaou.

GARMENT CLASP.

Application fixed oct. s1, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. BREWINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARM ENT-C LAS P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,526, dated July 1, 1902.

Application led October 31, 1901. Serial No. 80,685. (No model.) l

To all whom, it may concern.: y v

Be it known that 1, HENRY S; BREWTNGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements inY Garment-Clasps, of which the followingis a speciiication.

My invention relates to garment-clasps of the class especially adapted for use as waistband-clasps' for trousers.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a trousers clasp or fastening which will be so constructed as to insure a firm attachment to the garment and to supplement the stitching by which this class of clasps are ordinarily secured by prongs engaging the garment in such a manner as to prevent undue strain upon the stitches.

The invention comprises two engaging members of novel construction, as hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of the hookmember of the clasp. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the bar or hasp member thereof.Y Eig. Sis an edge View of the hook member.v Fig. 4 is an edge view of the bar or hasp, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of a slightly-modified construction of the hook.

The reference-numeral l designates a plate of sheet metal bent upon itself to form a hook 2 and formed with a longitudinal slot 3. The plate is also formed with elongated slots 4 to form an outwardly-extending central prong 5 and two inwardly-projecting prongs 6. 'Ehe point of the prong 5 projects beyond the points of the prongs 6, which is a feature of importance in insuring the firm attachment of the clasp. The plate l is provided with laterallyprojecting perforated ears 7 tol receive the threads or stitches which secure the plate to the garment and is formed with a transverse yslot 8 at .one end for the same purpose.

9 designates the bar or hasp member of the clasp, formed adjacent to each of its ends with a struck-up tongue l0 and bent 'transversely at right angles to form shoulders extending across the width of the bar and perforated ears 11, by means of which the bar is stitched lss to the garment.

It will be noted that the tongues l0 project inward from the ends of the bar and serve as the relative positions of the prongs' and Ga. In Fig. 5 the prongs 6a are located a considerable distance from the central prong 5"', while in Fig. l the prongs 6 are arranged closer to the central prong 5.

The utility of the device will be readily understood.

The oppositely-projecting prongs engage the materialv of the garment and hold vthe hook member of the clasp from longitudinal movement in either direction, and when the hook is secured by stitching it is rmly and reliably attached. The oppositely-disposed struck-up tongues or barbs of the hasp member also serve to prevent longitudinal movement thereof in either direction and provide an effective attaching means supplementing the securing threads or stitches.

The tongues or barbs ,of the hasp member are struck up from a point near the ends of the hasp and extend inward directly from their point of attachment to the hasp, as distinguished from tongues struck up and bent inward, leaving openings which weaken the securing ends of the hasp.

I claiml. A garment-clasp comprisinga hook member consisting of a metallic plate bent upon itself to form a hook and slotted to form an outwardly-projecting central prongand in- ,slotted-to form an outwardly-projecting central prong, and inwardly-projecting prongs `one on either side of the central prong, and having laterally-projecting perforated ears.

3. A bar or hasp for a garment-clasp com- IOO 

